Attacker takes over multisig minutes after creation, drains up to $40M slowly

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Affected assets and topics

WALLET

Why it matters

A multisig wallet was compromised minutes after its creation, allowing an attacker to drain up to $40M in funds at a slow pace.

Expected market reaction

Bearish Confidence 71% How confidence is read Impact: Moderate

Market impact analysis based on bearish sentiment with 71% confidence.

Evidence trail

Evidence
Source CoinTelegraph
Claim Attacker takes over multisig minutes after creation, drains up to $40M slowly
AI inference Bearish · 71%
Generated 2025-12-18 13:12

AI provenance

Analysed by Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) Methodology v1.0 Generated
Technical identifiers
Provider tag
groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
Analysis version
groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
Article id
24029

Original source

Forensic analysis suggests an attacker took control of a whale’s multisig wallet minutes after creation and has been slowly draining funds since.

Read the full article on CoinTelegraph

Original article published by CoinTelegraph on December 18, 2025. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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